Friday, 4 December 2009

Box Office Figures

We have researched the top 20 films of all time using the the IMBd website.

1.

Titanic (1997)

$1,835,300,000

2.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

$1,129,219,252

3.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

$1,060,332,628

4.

The Dark Knight (2008)

$1,001,921,825

5.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

$968,657,891

6.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

$958,404,152

7.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

$937,000,866

8.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

$925,920,409

9.

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

$922,379,000

10.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

$921,600,000

11.

Jurassic Park (1993)

$919,700,000

12.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

$892,194,397

13.

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

$885,430,303

14.

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

$882,673,705

15.

Shrek 2 (2004)

$880,871,036

16.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

$866,300,000

17.

Finding Nemo (2003)

$865,000,000

18.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

$860,700,000

19.

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

$848,462,555

20.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

$832,076,689

From reasearching the top 20 films of all time we have found that many of the films above are of the thriller genre, such as the Harry Potter films, Star Wars film, Batman, Pirates of the Caribbean and Transformers. We have also researched the top 20 thriller films, which are shown below:

1.

9.2

The Godfather (1972)

373,254

2.

9.0

The Godfather: Part II (1974)

219,083

3.

8.9

Pulp Fiction (1994)

374,281

4.

8.8

The Dark Knight (2008)

405,336

5.

8.7

Rear Window (1954)

107,330

6.

8.7

Fight Club (1999)

340,185

7.

8.7

Psycho (1960)

129,519

8.

8.7

The Usual Suspects (1995)

243,784

9.

8.7

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

221,312

10.

8.6

The Matrix (1999)

344,582

11.

8.6

North by Northwest (1959)

84,788

12.

8.6

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

144,131

13.

8.6

Memento (2000)

243,112

14.

8.6

Se7en (1995)

248,208

15.

8.6

El secreto de sus ojos (2009)

1,770

16.

8.6

Léon (1994)

176,733

17.

8.6

Taxi Driver (1976)

139,173

18.

8.6

Vertigo (1958)

82,983

19.

8.6

Double Indemnity (1944)

33,327

20.

8.5

M (1931)

35,815

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